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Medicaid Recipients Are Beginning to Lose Coverage as Nebraska Becomes First State to Enforce New Federal Work Requirements

States are entering the first phase of implementing new federal Medicaid work requirements, with Nebraska becoming the first state where some beneficiaries are beginning to lose coverage after failing to meet the reporting requirements.

Benzinga

GOP senator calls over Capitol Police after reporter asks him about Mitch McConnell’s health

Nebraska’s Pete Ricketts was caught on camera attracting the attention of security after he was approached about his absent colleague - but later apologized for his handling of the incident

The Independent UK

Cholera still kills thousands each year – in places without clean water, it’s far from history

Many Americans have heard about cholera only from “The Oregon Trail,” the retro computer game in which players try to get their 1830s pioneers to the Oregon Territory. If your wagon train comes down with this highly contagious bacterial infection, the pioneers could die from diarrhea and dehydration before they…

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Ex-UFC Star Anthony Smith Faces 20 Years Over Felonies: Inside His Life and Career Before Arrest

Anthony 'Lionheart' Smith, a former UFC fighter, faces up to 20 years in prison after being arrested in Nebraska on felony charges, including domestic violence and terroristic threats.

International Business Times UK

Why Was Anthony Smith Arrested? What We Know About the UFC Veteran's Felony Charges

Former UFC fighter Anthony Smith has been arrested in Nebraska on multiple felony charges, including domestic violence and terroristic threats. Details remain scarce as the legal process unfolds.

International Business Times UK

Nebraska Has Been Running Medicaid Work Checks Since May. Every Other Expansion State Has Five Months.

Nebraska started Medicaid work checks in May. Forty other states and D.C. have until January, at roughly $15 million each. Who is ready?

Medical Daily

In 1903, Nebraska began planting a 20,000-acre forest across prairie grassland; today, officials use prescribed burns to keep trees from spreading

Nebraska's ambitious tree-planting experiment from the early 1900s created a large man-made forest. This forest now faces challenges as trees spread into native grasslands. Controlled burns are now used to limit tree expansion and protect prairies. This conservation effort shows planting trees is not always the best solution. Protecting native…

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8 States Cutting Income Tax Rates in 2026

The 2026 tax year brought lower individual income tax rates to eight states, giving taxpayers a little more room between their paychecks and the tax collector. The changes range from modest reductions to major rate cuts, with several states continuing multiyear plans that could push rates even lower in the…

The Free Financial Advisor

Nebraska set to have a second straight U.S. Senate election without both major parties on the ballot

Nebraska's U.S. Senate general election will not feature a Democrat after nominee Cindy Burbank (D) withdrew on July 17 — the 17th regular or special U.S. Senate election we identified since 2000 with no Democratic candidate, compared to four with no Republican candidate. Two of those elections with no Republican…

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Over the past two weeks, 10 new ballot measures were certified in three states—Idaho, Massachusetts, and Washington

As of July 22, 149 statewide measures have been certified for the ballot in 39 states, 21 more measures than the average number certified at this point in other even-numbered years over the past decade (2014 to 2024).

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Five 2026 ballot measures address sex-based school sports eligibility and bans on certain medical procedures for transgender minors; another is pending signature verification

In 2026, voters will decide at least five ballot measures concerning sex-based requirements for school athletics and bans on certain medical procedures for transgender minors, including:

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Denise Powell (D), Brinker Harding (R), and Eric Michael Foreman (L) are running for open U.S. House seat in Nebraska's 2nd District

Denise Powell (D), Brinker Harding (R), and Eric Michael Foreman (L) are running in the general election for Nebraska's 2nd Congressional District on November 3, 2026.

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Ranking the Big Ten Football Head Coaches Entering 2026

Our Stephen Vilardo ranks all 18 Big Ten Football Head Coaches ahead of the upcoming 2026 season, with Indiana's Curt Cignetti on top.

SuperWest Sports

Tourist Fractures Spine After Falling 8 Feet From World's Largest Steam Locomotive

Nebraska journalist Trevor Bentley suffered a spinal fracture after falling from the world's largest steam locomotive, Big Boy No. 4014, during a promotional stop. The accident delayed the locomotive's departure.

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Four candidates are running in the general election for the U.S. Senate in Nebraska, including two who previously ran in 2024

Incumbent Sen. Pete Ricketts (R), Cindy Burbank (D), Mike Marvin (Legal Marijuana Now Party), and Dan Osborn (Nonpartisan) are running in the general election for the U.S. Senate in Nebraska. Ricketts and Osborn lead in polling, noteworthy endorsements, fundraising, and media attention.

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How to serve up a year-old bill

Standing on the stage of a local high school in his reliably red Nebraska congressional district last week, Republican Rep. Mike Flood replied to a constituent who asked about disability benefits. “Well, under the one big beautiful bill —” he began on the livestream, then paused. The crowd had erupted…

Sports Illustrated

Ranking the 50 Best College Football Players of All Time

Ahead of the 2026 college football season, Sports Illustrated has ranked the 50 greatest players in the sport’s 150-plus-year history.

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Signatures submitted for four ballot measures that would limit legislative changes to the initiative process

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Signatures submitted for four 2026 ballot measures that would limit legislative changes to the initiative process in Arkansas, Missouri, Montana, and Nebraska

In four states—Arkansas, Missouri, Montana, and Nebraska—campaigns submitted signatures for ballot initiatives that would limit legislative changes to the initiative process. Voters could decide the measures in Nov. 2026.

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Over the past two weeks, four new ballot measures were certified in California, and seven measures were removed in California and North Dakota

As of July 7, 139 statewide measures have been certified for the ballot in 39 states, 17 more measures than the average number certified at this point in other even-numbered years over the past decade (2014 to 2024).

The Independent UK

Hostile crowd shreds Nebraska rep during town hall as crowd boos Trump’s policies

Nebraska Republicans’ constituents reacted negatively toward mentions of Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill during the town hall

Ballotpedia

Nebraska campaign submits signatures for initiative to raise legislative threshold for changing voter-approved measures and initiative process laws

Respect Nebraska Voters, the campaign behind an initiative to require a four-fifths legislative vote both to change laws governing the initiative and referendum process and to amend or repeal voter-approved initiatives, submitted more than 186,000 signatures on July 2.

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Campaign behind two online sports betting initiatives submitted signatures in Nebraska

Tax Relief Nebraska, the committee behind two ballot initiatives that would legalize online sports betting in the state, filed signatures with the secretary of state on June 26. One initiative is an amendment that would authorize laws governing online sports betting. The second is an initiated state statute that would…

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Nebraska toddler wanted to play with handcuffs, his busy dad handed him a pair. They he had to call the police: ‘Toddlers are feral creatures’

“You never know what can happen in a day.”

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Campaign behind an initiative to put sports eligibility based on sex in the Nebraska Constitution submits signatures

Fairness for Girls, the campaign behind an initiative to codify sports eligibility requirements based on sex in the Nebraska Constitution, submitted more than 211,000 signatures on June 30. The signature deadline is July 2.

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